Door-brace.



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UNITED STATES PATEN T OFFTCE.

FREDERICK J. LEE, OF WICHITA, KANSAS.

DOOR-BRACE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 28, 1911.

Application filed May 12, 1910. Serial No. 561,002.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FREDERICK J. LEE, a citizen of the United States,residing at Wichita, in the county of Sedgwick and State of Kansas, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Door-Braces, of whichthe following is a specification.

This invention relates to braces, having particular reference to a novelform of a brace adaptable to door and other like frames.

The invention has for an object to form a brace which is applicable tosagging doors, when the intertting parts thereof are loose or worn, soas to hold the door frame in its correct shape to properly fit withinthe door casing.

Another object of this invention is to form a simple and economicaldevice of this character which can be readily applied to a door,

- and which may be tightened from time to time to return the door frame,to its correct shape.

For a full understanding of the invention, reference is to be had to thefollowing description and accompanying drawing, in which:

Figure 1 is a detail perspective view of the upper end of a door havingthe improved brace applied thereto. Fig. 2 is a horizontal sectionthrough the key and key plate employed. Fig. 3 is an end view of thesupport, disclosing the cable in section and passing over the support.Fig. 4 is a detail perspective view of the key employed. Fig. 5 is aperspective view of the upper end of a door having a modified form ofbrace applied thereto. Fig. 6 is a detail perspective view of a modiedform of key and supporting plate therefor.

Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the followingdescription and lindicated in all the views of the accompanying drawingby the same reference characters.

Referring to the drawing in which the improved brace is disclosed asapplied to a panel door, the numeral 10 designatesthe top rail of thedoor and the numerals 11 and 12 designate the hanging and the lockstiles respectively.

The improved brace essentially comprises a holder 13, the same beingpreferably in the form of an ordinary wood screw. The holder 13 carriesthe outer end of a cable 14 which is suitably twisted or otherwisesecured about the holder 13. The holder 13 after settling,

is positioned on one side of the lock stile 12 at a point slightly belowthe lower edge of the top rail 10. The cable 14 extends upwardly andinwardly from the holder 13 and passes over a support 15.

Referring particularly to Fig. 3 of the drawings, the support is formedof a length of metal flat at its upper end and providing a bearing plate16 suitably apertured for the reception of the screw 17. The screw 17may be substituted by anyrdetachable fastening device for engagement inthe top rail 10 to hingedly retain the support against the door. Thelower end of the length of metal is rounded and curved outwardly andupwardly to form a hook 18 for the reception of the cable 14. The cable14 passes inwardly against the side of the top rail 10 and is secured atits inner end to the key 19. The key, referring particularly to Figs. 2and 4 of the drawings, is preferably in the form of the common woodscrew having a head 2O provided in the usual manner with the kerf 21 forthe reception of a screw driver or the like for rotating the key. Thehead 20 carries a plurality of inwardly eX- tending ratchet teeth 22.The stem of the key is provided with a transverse opening 23 throughwhich is passed the inner end of the cable 14. The key 19 engagesthrough the side of the hanging stile 11, adjacent its upper end and insubstantially horizontal alinement with the support 15.

The key plate 24 rests loosely about a key 19 and is secured to the sideof the hanging stile 11. The key plate 24 is provided with a tongue 25stamped longitudinally therefrom and extending outwardly into the pathof the ratchet teeth 22.

In the modified form disclosed in Fig. 5, the holder 13 carries theouter end of the cable 14 as above described. The top rail 10 isprovidedwith a support 15a the same comprising a stout wood screw having itshead spaced from the side of the top rail 10 to accommodate the cable 14which is passed upwardly and inwardly therefrom. n its modified form thehanging stile 1l carries a key 19a to receive the inner end of the cable14. The key 19a is in the form of an ordinary wood screw having atransverse opening, similar to the opening 23 of the key 19, for thereception of the inner extremity of the cable 14 in its form, disclosedin Fig. 5, the key 19a depends upon its binding action in the hangingstile 11 to prevent the backward rotation` thereo afterdrawinglthe cable14 taut.

In Vthe preferred form the' support is hung at one side and adjacent theouter rend of thevtoprailY 10, andrswings about the screw 17 `toaccommodate the support to the ad'v justment of the cable 14. In lthismanner the cable 14 is easily drawn taut without V`kinking or bendingthe cable at too sharp an angle. Friction between the hook 18 and thelcable 14 is practically eliminated since they support swings inwardlyabout the screw 17 as the cable is tightened. The key 19 maybe turned bya screw driver or other lighttool to wind the innerY end of the cable 14about the key, the key beingv held in such Vposition bythe seatingof thektongue .against one of the adjacent teeth 22.

"In the modification disclosed in i Fig. 6 the key 19a is provided witha head 20 havingk ratchet teeth 22a in the periphery there l of.' Thekey plate 2'4L'is provided with an outturned iiange at its lower edge,as at 24h,

` wardly lto engage with the teeth 22?.

the inner end of the flange being turned in- The , plate 2.4FL isrecessed as at 24C to accommodate Athe inturned tongue 25a formed on theinner extremity of the flange 241.V

'Having thus described'the invention, what is claimed as new is: j Y vf1.1The combination with a door having a topf rail and hanging and lockstilesfof a i* holder attached to the lock-stile below the top rail7 asupport disposed against one side of the top rail adjacent its outerend, a cable secured to the holder and passing lupwardly and inwardlyover the support to draw the lock-stile against'the top rail, a keyrotata- 'bly disposed in the side of the hinged stile, .'andvhavin teethformed at the outer end ythereofsa1cd key carrying the inner end ofA'the cable which is wound thereabout, and a clamping plate carried bythe hanging stile and surrounding the key, and having a yielding tongueto engage with the teeth of the key.

.2.514 door braceincluding a holder disposed lupon the lock-stile of 4adoor, ,a key adjustably disposed upon the hanging stile of the door, acablercarried by the holder "and connected to the 'keyto be woundthereabout, and a support earriedupon'the top rail of the door forsupporting the cent-ral portion ofthe cable across the uppery and outercorner of the door.

3. A door brace vincluding a holder arranged adjacent to the outer edgeand the upper end of the door, a support disposed midway of the edges ofthe door and in diag- Copies of this patent may be obtained for ve centseach, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D, C.

